Christian arrested again for license violation

Calvin T. Christian III, 22, of the 1700 block of South College Street was arrested again Thursday for driving on a suspended/revoked driverís license.

Christian was stopped by Springfield police near Ash Street and Wirt Avenue about 5:15 p.m. after officers allegedly saw a Hyundai with illegal window tinting.

When officers stopped the car, a computer check indicated that Christian did not have a valid license. He was booked into the county jail.

Christian was cited for the same offense Dec. 20. He says heís been ticketed hundreds of times.

Christian has alleged in a federal lawsuit that Springfield police have harassed him with numerous arrests and tickets in retaliation for his efforts to make public the departmentís internal affairs records. Attorneys for the city dispute those allegations.